Singer Sona Mohapatra has criticised Sonu Nigam for backing Anu Malik amid the sexual harassment allegations against him and questioning if there is any proof. Sona tweeted, "So much sympathy for a millionaire losing work? So much empathy for his privileged family being 'tortured'?" She wrote in another tweet that multiple women and men can attest to Malik's "abusive behaviour".

After DMK chief MK Stalin proposed that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi be projected as 2019 PM candidate, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said it is not necessarily the opinion of all alliance partners. "The people of the country are unhappy with the BJP and that is why the Congress got success in three states," the former Uttar Pradesh CM added.

Flipkart Co-founder and former Group CEO Binny Bansal has reportedly negotiated an immediate payout of $100 million from Walmart, with the remaining due by August 2020. As per his original contract, Binny would have received over half of his more than $850 million worth of stakes. He will continue to keep remainder of his stock in Flipkart, the report added.